Trump prepped Katie Zacharia in Oval Office; she announced demand for Kimberly Guilfoyle's resignation

President Donald Trump met privately with his newly installed White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, in the Oval Office immediately before her first on-the-record briefing, the New York Post reported. According to The Post, Trump urged Zacharia to 'dive in' and to capitalise on the intense interest in her debut by appearing before journalists without delay.

Zacharia was scheduled to brief at 9:30 a.m., arrived slightly late and, by The Post's account, spent roughly six minutes taking questions. At that briefing, Zacharia told reporters that Trump had demanded the resignation of Kimberly Guilfoyle, who serves as U.S. ambassador to Greece, an announcement The Post attributed to Zacharia's on-camera remarks.

The Post also published a photograph of Zacharia's briefing notes that it said showed the reporters who were called on had been pre-selected; the image identified representatives from Breitbart, Fox News and the Daily Mail as among those chosen.

The Post's account places Zacharia's Oval Office meeting just before the scheduled 9:30 a.m. briefing and says she had attended a formal Oval Office interview on the preceding Friday during a rapid recruitment process.

The outlet quoted a source who described the hiring as fast-moving and also reported a text message from Corey Lewandowski saying Zacharia was recruited for her 'talent(s) and fierce loyalty to the president.' Different outlets' headlines that covered the same event noted variations in how long Zacharia spoke and how visibly nervous she appeared; some headlines described a 14-minute appearance and said she answered three questions, while The Post's text emphasised a roughly six-minute question period.

A separate headline also stated that the White House announced Kimberly Guilfoyle had been asked to resign. The available reporting is limited to The Post's narrative and supporting headlines; The Post attributes its account to its own reporting and to a source who spoke to the paper.

The coverage includes the timing of Zacharia's hiring and first briefing, the Oval Office preparation immediately before she went on camera, her statement about Guilfoyle's resignation demand, and the reported pre-selection of reporters at the briefing.

This account does not include independent confirmation outside the New York Post or further comment from the White House officeholders named in the report.